The Daily Dig for Monday, July 14

Beginning next Monday the government-run British Business Bank will begin lending £10 million through P2P site RateSetter, beginning with 40 percent of any qualifying loan. Jolly good show. Megan Dunsby has more.

Crowdfunding site focuses on open source software

There’s sites for funerals, different religions and medical expenses so there should be one for open source software. Attracting those passionate about software development to one place where they don’t have to navigate through potato salad and b-movies should be a boon to the industry. The American Genius profiles Bountysource.

Big banks loss of the personal touch will cost them market share

In the race to be as convenient as possible, big banks have become very impersonal. That could be their downfall, says Kevin Tynan.

A two-time LendIt Journalist of the Year nominee and winner in 2018, Tony has written more than 2,000 original articles on the blockchain, peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding and emerging technologies over the past seven years, making him one of the senior writers in the alt-fi sector.

"The evolution of the crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending scenes is absolutely fascinating to chronicle. It is a joy to be around people with such passion and vision."